” “"This is a victory for justice in the campaign against error and hypocrisy". With these words, the secretary general of the Council of Europe (CoE), Terry Davis, defined the decision of the US Supreme Court to fail the military tribunals for the Guantanamo convicts. "The fallacious choice between security and the rule of law and the deliberate decision of the United States government to betray fundamental human rights and liberties have weakened American defences, alienated its allies and galvanised its enemies in the war against terrorism stated Davis -". The rejection of the Supreme Court, according to the secretary general of the CoE, "means that the US administration should seize this opportunity to revise its policies, close Guantanamo and give up the practices and other measures which do not comply with international standards of human rights. This would make the world a safer place because a really effective fight against terrorism is one which stops more terrorists than it helps to recruit”.” “
